Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

"I was protected by Master very well in the past." Hayata put her arms around Pandan and rubbed the little guy's round cheeks, "The village chief's mother-in-law helped me to experience the life of a hunter all over again.

Next spring, when I stood in front of the strange dragon again, I would still be afraid, but my hands and feet would no longer tremble.

Although the result of the second hunt was still a failure, I was able to retreat calmly, and the nightmare of being swallowed by a strange dragon was unknowingly far away.

When summer came, I finally beheaded the strange dragon. "

"The second half of your story jumped too fast!" Gordon couldn't help complaining.

Hayata pouted and rested her chin on the top of Pandan's head, "I'm not good at telling stories anyway."

Gordon picked up a squid tentacle, chewed it and said, "Actually, when you took the novice equipment handed to you by the village head mother-in-law, you already came out."

"Is that so?" Hayata blinked.

"Yes."

Az agreed with Gordon's statement, "Those who have experienced life and death and can take up arms again and enter the hunting ground can basically come out."

"So, has Azige encountered similar things?" Aisha asked curiously.

Before, when Aziz told about his experience, the whole story was full of fishing and killing everywhere, and the failure seemed to have never happened.

Az and Gordon looked at each other, and they both smiled at the same time.

"Then we'll have to talk about it until tomorrow morning."

Early the next morning, Gordon sat up from the floor just in time.

Az is away all the year round, and there is no furniture at home. The only option is to sleep on the floor. Fortunately, Gordon doesn't choose a place to sleep, and he can sleep soundly on the floor.

The door was pushed open from the outside.

Aziz, who had already put on his equipment, walked in.

"Yo, wake up."

He tossed two pieces of calla taro left over from last night to Gordon, and gave the pork chop a dried fish. This was a simple breakfast.

"Hurry up and get ready, we're going to set off soon."

Gordon finished his stomach in twos and threes, and stood up.

"Are we going to fight underwater today? To be honest, I haven't tried water fighting yet. Although I can swim, it's only to the point where I can't drown. It's probably the same at Hayata. Is it okay?"

"calm down!"

Aziz waved his hands carelessly, "This kind of thing is instinct, instinct! Once you get into the water, you will know what to do!"

Gordon broke out in a cold sweat when he heard that, why did he forget that this guy is a Haimin?

Could my own "instinct" be the same as his?

Noticing Gordon's nervousness, Az explained with a smile: "I know what you're worried about, don't think so much, underwater warfare is different from swimming, as long as you overcome your fear of water and get used to the resistance.

If the opponent is a monster like a sea dragon, of course I don't dare to take you to mess around, but it's just a few sharks, no problem! "

Gordon thought about it, too.

Sharks should be as dangerous as Blue Velociraptor. Even if you can't control your hands and feet underwater, you can crush them with your equipment.

"The respirator and counterweight will be prepared for you. If you are really worried for a while, you can jump into the sea to get used to it, and then go to the hunting ground."

Gordon heard two key words, "Rebreather? Counterweight? Do you still need these things in water warfare?"

"wait a moment."

Az ran out, and ran back not long after.

He held up some pieces of cork and lead.

"These are counterweights, which are fixed on the armor. If the equipment is heavy, use more cork, and if the equipment is buoyant, use some lead weights. In short, let you float underwater in an upright position, which can save a lot of effort."

Gordon nodded, this is very understandable, he is more concerned about another thing in Az's hand.

It was a strangely shaped mask with two fang-like branches on both sides.

"Uh, it's Haimin, you don't need this, but you may need it."

Aziz pointed to the two horizontal branches, "There are oxygen algae inside, which can provide you with oxygen for a few minutes. When the oxygen is exhausted and you return to the water surface for a breath, it can also quickly re-store oxygen. Very convenient."

Gordon took the respirator and felt more relaxed.

What worries him the most is the problem of holding his breath. Fortunately, there are corresponding equipment that can solve it, but he may not be able to wear it while wearing a helmet. It seems that he can only give up the helmet temporarily.

"By the way, what about the pork chops?"

"It's okay, meow!" Zhu Chop held the dried fish in his mouth, and confidently crossed his waist.

"Elu cats are better at water than you think, and their diving ability even exceeds that of our sea dwellers. This is an advantage in physiological structure."

"That's right meow!"

Gordon was relieved when he heard the words, and chatted with Aziz while washing.

"Gululu, bah—Az, do you sea people have a tradition of painting battle patterns on your body before going fishing or hunting?"

Azi tilted his head when he heard the words, "There is such a tradition, do you want to try it?"

"Is it possible?" Gordon was a little interested. "Who can I ask to paint? Is there any special dye that won't smudge when it gets wet?"

Aziz's expression became ambiguous, "Dye is easy to talk about, there is one over there, and the main point is, the question is who do you want to help you paint, Miss Hayata?"

"Why Hariyatta?"

"According to the tradition of Haimin, it is the wife who paints the battle patterns for the husband."

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Gordon froze.

"You pretend I didn't tell you."

"Hehehe, do you want to help you tell Miss Hayata?"

"roll!"

Suppressed by force and obtained a guarantee from Aziz not to speak nonsense.

Gordon equipped the armor, and the two went out together, went to Aisha's house to bring Hayata and Pandan, and then went to find the village chief to receive the mission certificate.

Glancing at the breathing mask in Gordon's hand, the village chief smiled and said, "It seems that you are all ready. As long as you use your respirators well, even if you are new to water warfare, you won't have any major problems."

"What is a respirator?" Hayata asked curiously.

"How does this thing work?" Gordon also looked at Az.

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The village chief's face turned dark, he slapped Aziz on the back of the neck, and cursed: "You bastard! Didn't I tell you, did you tell them the precautions for the water battle first?!"

Azi grinned and rubbed the back of his red neck, "Aren't you going to say this just now?"

"What did you do so much time yesterday afternoon and night?!"

Xianglan said innocently: "First I pretended to be a ghost to scare sister Ai Xia into tears, and then to coax sister Ai Xia, I told stories all night, meow."

Seeing that the village chief's eyebrows were about to rise again, Az grabbed Gordon's wrists, turned and ran away.

"Take them to try the breathing mask first!"

Gordon and Hayata were dragged to the pier by Aziz. He first smashed the pandan into the sea, and then said to the pork chop:

"Xiao Panlan is Ai Lu from the desert. Take the pork chop with you to familiarize yourself with the water. I will cook delicious fish for you at night."

"Deal meow!"

Pork Chop happily jumped into the sea, dragged Pandan who was struggling constantly, and dived straight down, a string of bubbles appeared on the surface of the water.

Hayatta: "."

Aziz turned around, handed Hayata a breathing mask, and said to the two, "Put the respirator on your mouth first."

Hayatta and Gordon looked at each other and did as they were told.

It felt a bit strange to breathe while wearing a respirator, Gordon asked in a low voice, "And then?"

Aziz grinned and showed his big white teeth, grabbed the wrists of the two of them again, and jumped forward vigorously.

"And then jump into the sea!"

(some work at night, two more today orz